not the best weather but was still great to get out and check out the new Recon Edition. Met some good people and got to chat briefly with Adam as well as watch Keith ride from a distance. I believe there were some guys from Alliance wake there getting some pics. Looking forward to seeing those shots!

Man, that is awesome to see Lyman on the water! I thought with him joining the Army, we wouldn't see him again for years on the water. Very nice boats too. I sure wish Axis would offer a stainless steel rub rail, that's one thing that always looks cheap to me. Very very minor of course, and they look sick loaded down.

One reason is bow rise Daniel... Depending on the hull design, boats plow through the water and don't lift straight up - a ski boat is designed to run flat, wake boats drag. That boat is actually setting pretty level, slammed, but level.

I would be interested to hear if the nose actually dipped minus just crossing some chop/rollers. A good driver can avoid a nose dip.

Yeah daniel, you are right about a lot of wake boats with low bows, I noticed that too. When sitting in the drivers seat of the A22 with no ballast, you can really see well over the bow, the top deck drops down just in front of the windshield. the bow rise is not very much either (compared to most) and so it is very nice to be able to see when getting on plane and see very well once up to speed.

There is also a substantial amount of hull under the bow, I think the forks give it the look like it slopes down and the bow stops short. There is a lot down there to keep it afloat. Anyone comment, did the nose dip on that Recon?

I'm not picking on the axis just saying in general. But look at the height difference above the rub rail in the front and back. It's got to be at least a foot.

The added top deck makes you feel like you are "in the boat" instead of "on the boat". Also, it's not "at least a foot"... not even close, you can measure my Axis. Definitely a more secure feeling inside the boat vs something like an Epic where seat backs are shallow (not picking on Epic...just an example of shallow seat backs). As Johnny mentioned, the Axis has minimal bow rise compared to a lot of other boats out there.